// Station · 7m ago

KJKA

Jack Edwards National Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND CALM

VIS 0.25 SM

CEILING —

T/Td 19°C / 19°C

ALTIM 30.07 inHg

WX FG

ELEV 17 FT

30.2905°N / 87.6718°W

LOCATION · Gulf Shores, US

WIND

000°0 kt

KJKA · 17 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

0.25 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

OVX000

T / Td

19 / 19

ALTIM

30.07"

// Interpretation

LIFR — visibility 0.25 SM. Winds calm, visibility 0.25 SM, ovx at 0 ft. Reported weather: fog (FG). Fog is water droplets suspended at the surface with visibility under 5/8 SM; it typically burns off with daytime heating or a pickup in wind. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR KJKA 130415Z AUTO 00000KT M1/4SM FG VV000 19/19 A3007 RMK AO2

KJKA · day 13 at 04:15 UTC · winds calm · visibility 0.25 SM · ovx at 0 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 19°C · altimeter 30.07" Hg · weather: fog (FG) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 6,962'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 6,962'

17 HDG 170° —CALM —— 3,596'

35 HDG 350° —CALM —— 3,596'

Pattern altitude: 1,017 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +4°C

300FT

+283 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV17 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT-136 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at KOZR (Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field, Fort Rucker/Ozark, elev 301 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL9,613 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-6)

11:51ZSUNRISE

17:38ZSOLAR NOON

23:24ZSUNSET

23:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS23:48Z (past) DAY LENGTH11h 32m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE13:19Z MOONSET00:52Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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